Polymer-bile salts interaction and its impact on the solubilisation and intestinal uptake of poorly water-soluble drugs

Pigliacelli, Claudia (2014) Polymer-bile salts interaction and its impact on the solubilisation and intestinal uptake of poorly water-soluble drugs. Doctoral thesis, University of East Anglia.

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I would like to thank my primary supervisor Dr. Sheng Qi for the invaluable support and encouragement received during my PhD time at UEA. Thanks also to my supervisors Prof. Peter Wilde and Prof. Duncan Craig for their help. I would also like to express my gratitude to Prof. Pete Belton, Dr. Francesca Baldelli Bombelli from the UEA School of Pharmacy for their precious scientific collaboration. Thanks to Dr. Patrick Gunning, Dr. Nicola Woodwards and Mr. Andrew Kirby, Dr. Paul Kroon and Mr. Mark Winterbone from the Institute of Food Research for their help with Nanosight, pendant drop and biological experiments.
I would like to thank all the friends that have been part of my life in Norwich, for the happy times together and for being supportive when I mostly needed. A special thanks goes to Yohan for being a good friend and taking care of me as a brother. Thanks to my housemates Desirè and Hanae, for their friendship and their constant support. Thanks to Francesca and Alberto for all the laughes and their invaluable help and care. Thanks to Lorina, Elisabetta, Marcello, Antonella and Tiziana for being good friends during these years. Thanks to all the other friends from the schools of Pharmacy and Chemistry. I would also like to thank my friends from Italy, in particular Ilaria for being a constant presence and support in my life.
Finally I would like to thank my family, my outstanding parents for their love, their encouragement and support. Thanks to my sister Flavia, for being the special sister she is.

Item Type: Thesis (Doctoral)
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy (former - to 2009)
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Date Deposited: 30 Jun 2015 14:21
Last Modified: 30 Jun 2015 14:21
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/53439
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